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Planning, process and production technicians
adjusting production schedules as required for optimal output, sending orders to the proper departments for fulfilment and completing quality records documentation to enhance production processes. If that's your week, this page is about your job.
The honest answer
This job is splitting in two: compiling information on materials inventories and usage for status reports is work AI now does quickly and cheaply, and conducting quality assurance checks to ensure product standards are met is work it can't touch.
Which half fills your week decides your exposure. The ledger below shows which rows you can move toward.
Your week, as this page understands it
Planning, process and production technicians perform a variety of technical support functions to assist production, process and planning engineers with production programmes and schedules and with manufacturing and processing procedures in order to ensure accuracy, cost-effectiveness and efficiency The job title says “planning”, “process” or “production technicians”: officially one job, several names. The real job is the part underneath: conducting quality assurance checks to ensure product standards are met. That is the thing someone has to be right about.
The exposed part of this job is specific, and we won’t pretend it is coming back. But planning, process and production technicians is not one task. It is 48 scored ones, and they are nowhere near equally exposed. The most durable of them, on this evidence, is conducting quality assurance checks to ensure product standards are met, and the ledger below shows exactly why.
Where the work sits, by task weight
- shifting to AI
- 47%
- changing shape
- 19%
- staying human
- 34%
These bars are tasks changing hands, not people being counted out. The ledger below shows which.
Whole-job exposure score 53 out of 100 (47–58 allowing for uncertainty): partial exposure, across 48 scored tasks. The number is the support for the sentence above it, not a headline about anyone’s future.
How we know this
What is measured: Every published task statement for planning, process and production technicians is rated on five dimensions: can a model produce the output, does the work need a body in a room, does it need a legally accountable person, does it depend on a person being trusted in the moment, and how much data exists. A published formula turns those five ratings into the score; the model never writes the number.
How the bar is built: Each task’s share of the bar is its published importance weight, so a task you do all day counts for more than one you do twice a year.
Release: 2026-q4.1, scores computed 2026-08-04. Read the full method.
Your job, task by task
These are the official task statements for this occupation, in plain English, sorted by what the evidence says is happening to each one. The official wording sits under every line so you can check the rewrite against it.
- 22 of this occupation's scored task statements carry a score that was measured under a different occupation's context, because the statement is shared between jobs and has only been scored once so far. Each one names the occupation it was measured under in the free routes below; none is presented as a measurement for this job.
- Task clusters are not derived in this release, so the task-cluster field is empty and no Collab365 Space routing is attached to this occupation yet.
Shifting to AI
22 tasksTasks today’s tools can already do most of. This is the part we will not soften: where these rows are the bulk of your week, the week changes.
Adjusting production schedules as required for optimal output
This is reading one thing and writing another: production schedules in, a record out. That is the shape today's tools are built for.
importance 90 · 3116/00Source: “Adjust production schedules as required for optimal output.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 75 out of 100 (68–82 allowing for uncertainty): high exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Reshuffling a schedule around orders, staff and machine time is a planning problem software solves well.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Compiling information on materials inventories and usage for status reports
This is reading one thing and writing another: information in, a record out. That is the shape today's tools are built for.
importance 85 · 3116/00Source: “Compile information on materials inventories and usage for status reports.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 93 out of 100 (89–97 allowing for uncertainty): very high exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Pulling stock and usage figures into a status report is standard reporting software already produces.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 4/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Distributing production schedules to relevant departments
This is reading one thing and writing another: production schedules in, a record out. That is the shape today's tools are built for.
importance 85 · 3116/00Source: “Distribute production schedules to relevant departments.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 93 out of 100 (89–97 allowing for uncertainty): very high exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Sending schedules out to departments is routine document distribution.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 4/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Adjusting production levels to match sales forecasts
This is reading one thing and writing another: production levels in, a record out. That is the shape today's tools are built for.
importance 85 · 3116/00Source: “Adjust production levels to match sales forecasts.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 75 out of 100 (68–82 allowing for uncertainty): high exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Matching output to a sales forecast is a calculation from figures already in the planning system.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Changing shape
9 tasksTasks where the machine takes the producing and a person keeps the checking, the deciding, or the answering-for-it. For most jobs this is the biggest group, and it is where "transformation, not termination" is literally visible.
Coordinating manufacturing or repairing work to meet production schedules
The software now makes the first pass at work, but the deciding part still needs a person. So the job becomes checking and deciding rather than producing.
importance 85 · 3116/00Source: “Coordinate manufacturing or repair work to meet production schedules.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 48 out of 100 (41–55 allowing for uncertainty): partial exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Scheduling work against production deadlines is planning software already does well.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 1/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Completing quality records documentation to enhance production processes
The software now makes the first pass at quality records documentation, but the deciding part still needs a person. So the job becomes checking and deciding rather than producing.
importance 80 · 3116/00Source: “Complete quality records documentation to enhance production processes.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 49 out of 100 (42–56 allowing for uncertainty): partial exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: The paperwork is easy to produce, but the measurements come off the line and someone signs for them.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 1/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Filling in digital or paper-based process documentation
The software now makes the first pass at digital, but the deciding part still needs a person. So the job becomes checking and deciding rather than producing.
importance 80 · 3116/00Source: “Fill in digital or paper-based process documentation, including process and production records.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 49 out of 100 (45–53 allowing for uncertainty): partial exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Process records are structured and largely captured from systems already, though paper forms still need someone on the plant.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 1/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Staying human
17 tasksTasks that stay with a person, because they happen in the physical world, because the rules need someone accountable, or because the value is that a specific person does them.
Identifying areas for production process improvement
The ratings behind this row put areas well outside what today's tools can do on their own.
importance 85 · 3116/00Source: “Identify areas for production process improvement.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 38 out of 100 (31–45 allowing for uncertainty): low exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Data can point to problems, but knowing what actually slows this line down comes from being around it.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 2/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Monitoring work processes to ensure standard compliance
This work happens in the physical world: work processes, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 85 · 3116/00Source: “Monitor work processes to ensure standard compliance.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 16 out of 100 (9–23 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world.
The rating behind it: Watching how work is actually carried out means being where the work happens.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 1/4 · needs a body in a room 2/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Conducting quality assurance checks to ensure product standards are met
This work happens in the physical world: quality assurance checks, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 85 · 3116/00Source: “Conduct quality assurance checks to ensure product standards are met.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 8 out of 100 (1–15 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world.
The rating behind it: Checking that products meet standards means handling and examining them.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 1/4 · needs a body in a room 3/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Show the other 38 tasks
Calculating cost estimates for labour and materials
shifting to AIThis is reading one thing and writing another: cost estimates in, a record out. That is the shape today's tools are built for.
importance 80 · 3116/00Source: “Calculate cost estimates for labour and materials.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 93 out of 100 (89–97 allowing for uncertainty): very high exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Costing labour and materials from rates and quantities is spreadsheet arithmetic.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 4/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Compiling customer information to create status reports for production planning
shifting to AIThis is reading one thing and writing another: customer information in, a record out. That is the shape today's tools are built for.
importance 80 · 3116/00Source: “Compile customer information to create status reports for production planning.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 93 out of 100 (89–97 allowing for uncertainty): very high exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Assembling customer information into a status report is routine collation and formatting.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 4/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Ordering or requisitioning materials or supplies for specific projects or tasks
shifting to AIThis is reading one thing and writing another: materials in, a record out. That is the shape today's tools are built for.
importance 80 · 3116/00Source: “Order or requisition materials or supplies for specific projects or tasks.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 93 out of 100 (89–97 allowing for uncertainty): very high exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Raising requisitions for materials is routine purchasing paperwork.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 4/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Preparing detailed production reports
shifting to AIThis is reading one thing and writing another: detailed production reports in, a record out. That is the shape today's tools are built for.
importance 80 · 3116/00Source: “Prepare detailed production reports for research, manufacturing and assembly processes.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 93 out of 100 (89–97 allowing for uncertainty): very high exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Detailed production reports are assembled from recorded data, which software does quickly.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 4/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Determining staff requirements by reviewing production schedules and work orders
shifting to AIThis is reading one thing and writing another: staff requirements in, a record out. That is the shape today's tools are built for.
importance 75 · 3116/00Source: “Determine staff requirements by reviewing production schedules and work orders.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 93 out of 100 (89–97 allowing for uncertainty): very high exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Working out how many people a schedule needs is arithmetic from the work orders.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 4/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Determining manufacturing costs or wages using adding machines or computers
shifting to AIThis is reading one thing and writing another: costs in, a record out. That is the shape today's tools are built for.
importance 70 · 3116/00Source: “Determine manufacturing costs or wages using adding machines or computers.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 93 out of 100 (89–97 allowing for uncertainty): very high exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Costing and wage calculation is arithmetic computers have done for decades.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 4/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Contacting suppliers to schedule or expedite deliveries
shifting to AIThis is reading one thing and writing another: suppliers in, a record out. That is the shape today's tools are built for.
importance 75 · 3116/00Source: “Contact suppliers to schedule or expedite deliveries.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 79 out of 100 (75–83 allowing for uncertainty): high exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Chasing suppliers about delivery dates is routine messaging that ordering systems already automate.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 4/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 1/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Optimising site resources by monitoring order books and deploying staff and resources in the most cost effective and efficient way
shifting to AIThis is reading one thing and writing another: site resources in, a record out. That is the shape today's tools are built for.
importance 75 · 3116/00Source: “Optimise site resources by monitoring order books and deploying staff and resources in the most cost effective and efficient way.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 79 out of 100 (75–83 allowing for uncertainty): high exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Matching staff and resources to the order book is scheduling and optimisation software does routinely.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 4/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 1/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Planning production timetables for specific programmes or jobs using sales forecasts
shifting to AIThis is reading one thing and writing another: production timetables in, a record out. That is the shape today's tools are built for.
importance 85 · 3116/00Source: “Plan production timetables for specific programmes or jobs using sales forecasts.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 75 out of 100 (71–79 allowing for uncertainty): high exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Building a production timetable from forecasts and orders is scheduling maths software handles well.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Controlling and monitoring progress and performance data using specific software tools
shifting to AIThis is reading one thing and writing another: progress in, a record out. That is the shape today's tools are built for.
importance 80 · 3116/00Source: “Control and monitor progress and performance data using specific software tools.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 75 out of 100 (71–79 allowing for uncertainty): high exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Progress and performance figures already sit inside software, and tracking them and flagging changes is routine automated work.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Preparing information on required tools
shifting to AIThis is reading one thing and writing another: information in, a record out. That is the shape today's tools are built for.
importance 75 · 3116/00Source: “Prepare information on required tools, materials, equipment, workforce, and cost projections.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 75 out of 100 (71–79 allowing for uncertainty): high exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Working out the tools, materials, labour and costs a job needs is calculation from documented rates, which software does well.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Reviewing technical documents for completeness and conformance to requirements
shifting to AIThis is reading one thing and writing another: technical documents in, a record out. That is the shape today's tools are built for.
importance 70 · 3116/00Source: “Review technical documents for completeness and conformance to requirements.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 75 out of 100 (71–79 allowing for uncertainty): high exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Checking documents against a requirements list is systematic comparison work software does quickly.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Exploring and evaluating options for waste reduction or recycling
shifting to AIThis is reading one thing and writing another: options in, a record out. That is the shape today's tools are built for.
importance 60 · 3116/00Source: “Explore and evaluate options for waste reduction or recycling.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 75 out of 100 (68–82 allowing for uncertainty): high exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Researching and comparing waste and recycling options is desk research with plenty of published material.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Recording production and operational data
shifting to AIThis is reading one thing and writing another: production in, a record out. That is the shape today's tools are built for.
importance 85 · 3116/00Source: “Record production and operational data, such as amount of materials processed.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 69 out of 100 (65–73 allowing for uncertainty): high exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Logging output and material used is simple data entry, often captured by the machine already.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 4/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Keeping traceability records as part of process documentation
shifting to AIThis is reading one thing and writing another: traceability records in, a record out. That is the shape today's tools are built for.
importance 80 · 3116/00Source: “Keep traceability records as part of process documentation.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 66 out of 100 (62–70 allowing for uncertainty): high exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Traceability records are structured data already held in production systems, so keeping them is well suited to software.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 1/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Sending orders to the proper departments for fulfilment
shifting to AIThis is reading one thing and writing another: orders in, a record out. That is the shape today's tools are built for.
importance 80 · 3116/00Source: “Send orders to the proper departments for fulfilment.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 64 out of 100 (57–71 allowing for uncertainty): high exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Sending orders to the right department follows clear routing rules, though someone often has to nudge the department that receives them.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 1/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Setting goals for continuous improvement in operational efficiency
shifting to AIThis is reading one thing and writing another: goals in, a record out. That is the shape today's tools are built for.
importance 75 · 3116/00Source: “Set goals for continuous improvement in operational efficiency.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 64 out of 100 (57–71 allowing for uncertainty): high exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Setting improvement goals is analysis and writing against records, which tools do well.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 1/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Supporting external audits by supplying information
shifting to AIThis is reading one thing and writing another: external audits in, a record out. That is the shape today's tools are built for.
importance 70 · 3116/00Source: “Support external audits by supplying information.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 64 out of 100 (60–68 allowing for uncertainty): high exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Pulling together the records an auditor asks for is document work software handles well, with a person on hand to answer questions.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 1/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Establishing product assembly instructions and locations for manufacturing
changing shapeThe software now makes the first pass at product assembly instructions, but the deciding part still needs a person. So the job becomes checking and deciding rather than producing.
importance 75 · 3116/00Source: “Establish product assembly instructions and locations for manufacturing.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 56 out of 100 (49–63 allowing for uncertainty): partial exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Writing clear assembly instructions is document work, though the layout has to fit the real shop floor.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Resolving complaints or eliminate delays by conferring with establishment personnel
changing shapeThe software now makes the first pass at complaints, but the part that matters is a person saying it and standing behind it. So the job becomes checking and deciding rather than producing.
importance 75 · 3116/00Source: “Resolve complaints or eliminate delays by conferring with establishment personnel, suppliers, or customers.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 53 out of 100 (46–60 allowing for uncertainty): partial exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; the value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Chasing a delay is routine messaging, but sorting it out often depends on a relationship with the supplier.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 2/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Conducting risk assessments to evaluate potential hazards and ensure safety
changing shapeThe software now makes the first pass at risk assessments, but the deciding part still needs a person. So the job becomes checking and deciding rather than producing.
importance 70 · 3116/00Source: “Conduct risk assessments to evaluate potential hazards and ensure safety.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 49 out of 100 (45–53 allowing for uncertainty): partial exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Risk assessments follow a well documented format software can draft, though someone still has to walk the plant and see the real hazards.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 1/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Handovering information to colleagues at the end of a shift
changing shapeThe software now makes the first pass at information, but the deciding part still needs a person. So the job becomes checking and deciding rather than producing.
importance 70 · 3116/00Source: “Handover information to colleagues at the end of a shift.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 43 out of 100 (36–50 allowing for uncertainty): partial exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: The handover note can be drafted from records, but shift handovers usually happen in person on site.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 1/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Escalating operating environment issues when parameters are out of specification
changing shapeThe software now makes the first pass at environment issues, but the deciding part still needs a person. So the job becomes checking and deciding rather than producing.
importance 70 · 3116/00Source: “Escalate operating environment issues when parameters are out of specification.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 42 out of 100 (38–46 allowing for uncertainty): partial exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Noticing a parameter drifting and raising it is monitoring and messaging work that systems already do automatically.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 1/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 1/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Assessing progress and discussing needed changes with department supervisors or other personnel
changing shapeThe software now makes the first pass at progress, but the part that matters is a person saying it and standing behind it. So the job becomes checking and deciding rather than producing.
importance 75 · 3116/00Source: “Assess progress and discuss needed changes with department supervisors or other personnel.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 40 out of 100 (33–47 allowing for uncertainty): partial exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: the same decision, made over and over; the value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Progress notes are easy to prepare, but agreeing changes happens in conversation with supervisors.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 2/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 2/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Coordinating production or shipping activities by conferring with establishment personnel
staying humanThe value here is that a specific person handles production and stands behind it. That is earned, not computed.
importance 80 · 3116/00Source: “Coordinate production or shipping activities by conferring with establishment personnel, suppliers, or customers.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 35 out of 100 (28–42 allowing for uncertainty): low exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: the value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Keeping production and shipping in step means chasing colleagues and suppliers, where much of the useful information is never written down.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 2/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 2/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Maximising concrete products' productivity through cost-effective resource and equipment
staying humanThis work happens in the physical world: concrete products' productivity, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 70 · 3116/00Source: “Maximise concrete products' productivity through cost-effective resource and equipment use.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 25 out of 100 (18–32 allowing for uncertainty): low exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: mistakes that are cheap to catch; work that happens in the physical world.
The rating behind it: Analysis can suggest savings, but the decisive detail is how this particular plant and its equipment actually run.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 2/4 · needs a body in a room 2/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Planning and processing materials for the production of minerals
staying humanThis work happens in the physical world: materials, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 70 · 3116/00Source: “Plan and process materials for the production of minerals, concrete, cement, and other related products.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 25 out of 100 (18–32 allowing for uncertainty): low exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: mistakes that are cheap to catch; work that happens in the physical world.
The rating behind it: Planning the mix is calculable, but processing the materials happens at the plant.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 2/4 · needs a body in a room 2/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Monitoring and reporting deficiencies across site to senior managers
staying humanThis work happens in the physical world: deficiencies across site, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 80 · 3116/00Source: “Monitor and report deficiencies across site to senior managers, including performance, products, and equipment.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 24 out of 100 (17–31 allowing for uncertainty): low exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch; work that happens in the physical world.
The rating behind it: The report writes itself once you know the problems, but spotting them means walking the site.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 2/4 · needs a body in a room 2/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 1/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Communicating with internal and external customers
staying humanThe value here is that a specific person handles internal and external customers and stands behind it. That is earned, not computed.
importance 70 · 3116/00Source: “Communicate with internal and external customers, including contractors and regulators.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 24 out of 100 (20–28 allowing for uncertainty): low exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: the value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Dealing with customers, contractors and regulators depends on a person they know and trust being on the other end.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 2/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 1/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 3/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Conducting necessary training and assessments to maintain occupational competence as defined by the HSE
staying humanThe rules require a named, qualified person to answer for necessary training and assessments, and that person cannot be a piece of software.
importance 60 · 3116/00Source: “Conduct necessary training and assessments to maintain occupational competence as defined by the HSE.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 23 out of 100 (16–30 allowing for uncertainty): low exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: the same decision, made over and over; someone qualified has to answer for it; the value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Course material is easy to produce, but a qualified assessor has to watch someone work and sign them off.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 2/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 2/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 2/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations
staying humanThis work happens in the physical world: compliance, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 80 · 3116/00Source: “Ensure compliance with health and safety regulations.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 21 out of 100 (14–28 allowing for uncertainty): low exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch; work that happens in the physical world.
The rating behind it: Health and safety rules are documented, but making sure they are followed needs someone present on the plant.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 2/4 · needs a body in a room 2/4 · needs an accountable person 1/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 1/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Collaborating with colleagues, clients or customers to meet production requirements
staying humanThe value here is that a specific person handles colleagues, clients or customers and stands behind it. That is earned, not computed.
importance 75 · 3116/00Source: “Collaborate with colleagues, clients, or customers to meet production requirements.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 17 out of 100 (10–24 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: the value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Collaboration is about how people work together, which is not something a tool produces on their behalf.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 1/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 2/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Resolving and reporting process, quality
staying humanThis work happens in the physical world: process, quality, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 80 · 3116/00Source: “Resolve and report process, quality, health and safety, and environmental issues when operating parameters are out of specification.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 15 out of 100 (8–22 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: the same decision, made over and over; work that happens in the physical world.
The rating behind it: Software can spot an out-of-spec reading, but resolving it usually means someone at the plant adjusting the process.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 1/4 · needs a body in a room 2/4 · needs an accountable person 1/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 1/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Investigating accidents in the workplace
staying humanThis work happens in the physical world: accidents, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 60 · 3116/00Source: “Investigate accidents in the workplace.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 15 out of 100 (8–22 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world; the value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Investigating an accident means seeing the scene and getting honest accounts from colleagues, though software can structure the report.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 2/4 · needs a body in a room 2/4 · needs an accountable person 1/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 2/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Executing dispatch of intermediate products for production processes
staying humanThis work happens in the physical world: dispatch of intermediate products, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 70 · 3116/00Source: “Execute dispatch of intermediate products for production processes.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 14 out of 100 (7–21 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch; work that happens in the physical world.
The rating behind it: The paperwork is simple, but the goods still have to be picked and moved.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 2/4 · needs a body in a room 3/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Challenging unsafe behaviours and conditions in the workplace to reinforce health & safety
staying humanThis work happens in the physical world: unsafe behaviours, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 60 · 3116/00Source: “Challenge unsafe behaviours and conditions in the workplace to reinforce health & safety.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 6 out of 100 (0–13 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world; the value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Challenging someone's unsafe behaviour means being there and saying it to them.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 1/4 · needs a body in a room 3/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 2/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Maintaining the work area according to safety and environmental standards
staying humanThis work happens in the physical world: the work area, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 75 · 3116/00Source: “Maintain the work area according to safety and environmental standards.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 0 out of 100 (0–4 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world.
The rating behind it: Keeping the work area clean and safe is physical work in the kitchen.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 0/4 · needs a body in a room 4/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Carrying out first line routine maintenance and testing of process and plant equipment
staying humanThis work happens in the physical world: first line routine maintenance, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 70 · 3116/00Source: “Carry out first line routine maintenance and testing of process and plant equipment.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 0 out of 100 (0–4 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world.
The rating behind it: Routine maintenance and testing of plant needs hands and tools on the equipment.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 0/4 · needs a body in a room 4/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
What this job pays, and how many people do it
- Median pay
- £36,900a year, before tax, the middle of the range, so half earn more and half earn less.ashe-t14, 2025 · ASHE 2025 provisional (reference April 2025)Provisional, because the ONS revises this figure in the autumn.
How we know this
Source: ashe-t14
Reference period: ASHE 2025 provisional (reference April 2025)
Rounding: Shown to the nearest £100. The exact published figure is in the downloadable dataset. We do not render pounds the survey cannot support.
- People doing this job
- 22,500in the UK, 2026.nomis-aps · Apr 2025-Mar 2026 (latest APS 12-month period)This headcount comes from a survey, not a census, so treat it as a good estimate rather than an exact count.
What is deliberately not here: a forecast of how many of these jobs exist in ten years. Where an official projection exists for a market we publish it with its vintage; where it does not, we leave the space empty rather than borrow the other country’s number.
Why this is shifting
The reason is boringly specific. Most of what is shifting here is reading one thing and writing another: production schedules in, a record out. The rows above are exactly that shape: compiling information on materials inventories and usage for status reports and adjusting production schedules as required for optimal output. What it cannot do is be there in the room, and that is still where quality assurance checks get done. Which is why this page talks about your tasks changing, not your job ending.
Your move
Over a pint: what I’d tell you if you were my friend
The exposed part of your job is the biggest part, and I am not going to dress that up: compiling information on materials inventories and usage for status reports is work today's tools do quickly and cheaply, and that is not coming back.
So, given all that: 47% of this job's task weight sits in rows the software is already learning, 19% in rows that change shape rather than disappear, and 34% in rows it is nowhere near. That is the position, measured across 48 scored tasks. It is not a forecast about you.
What you have that the software does not is conducting quality assurance checks to ensure product standards are met, plus the years of knowing when something looks wrong before you can say why. That is the raw material for everything below.
This week: one thing
Sit on the machine's side of the desk. Pick one real piece of production schedules you would normally do yourself, let whatever software you already have take the first pass at it, and then go through what it produced and write down every single thing it got wrong. One evening this week. Do not fix anything yet. Just catch it.
- What you end up holding
- a written list of the machine’s mistakes, in your handwriting
- How long it takes
- an evening, or an hour if you pick one job rather than one client
If you can’t run software on your employer’s or your clients’ data: Do the same hunt on paper. Take one printed piece of production schedules, work through it the way you always do, and mark every point where you made a call rather than followed a rule. Same evening, same list, nothing to log into and nobody to ask permission from. That list is the same artifact: it is the judgment written down.
Over the next 90 days
Change one sentence about what you do. Not on a CV. Out loud, to whoever pays you. From “my job is compiling information on materials inventories and usage for status reports” to “I check what the software does and tell you what it means.” Your error list from this week is what makes that sentence true instead of a claim, so use it: show it once, to one person, inside the next ninety days. Same skills, priced as judgment rather than as typing.
Over the next 12 months
Walk toward the end of this job that answers for things, and get it recognised. Pick the one part of conducting quality assurance checks to ensure product standards are met you are already best at, and spend the year making it formal: a qualification, a named responsibility, a specialism people ask for by name. Price it honestly: that is evenings, it is months rather than weeks, and the seats are competitive because everyone in your position is looking at the same door. Before you pay for anything, spend an hour with National Careers Service. It is free and government-funded, and it is listed below with the rest of the free routes.
The roads out of here, and why I am not sending you down them
I looked at the obvious moves out of this job, and here is what I found.
I checked the 12 nearest UK occupations to planning, process and production technicians (nearest by the work that AI is not taking, not by job title), and none of them survived. The closest was chemical and related process operatives: only about 10% of its durable work is work you already do. Your own job splits about 47/53: that share of the list sits in the top exposure band and the rest does not. On this evidence the honest move is inside the job rather than out of it. Become the person who owns “conduct quality assurance checks to ensure product standards are met”, and let the exposed end go.
How that was checked: this job was compared against all 412 UK occupations in this release on their official task statements, and the 12 nearest were examined one by one. A move that turns on an industry, an employer or a qualification rather than on the work itself will not show up in a check like that. And this release carries no licence register, so anything you are weighing needs that looked up separately.
3 moves I checked and rejected
These are the obvious-looking jumps. They are here with their reasons rather than quietly dropped, because the ones that fail are worth knowing about. It is one less thing to turn over at night.
Chemical and related process operatives
Why it looked obvious: It came up as a near neighbour because one of your tasks is on their list in the same words: “carry out first line routine maintenance and testing of process and plant equipment”. Across the whole of both lists that adds up to about 10% of the work in that job the software is not taking.
Why I am not recommending it: You would be starting most of it from nothing: about 10% of the durable work in that job is work you do today, and the rest you would be learning while the bills carried on.
Production managers and directors in manufacturing
Why it looked obvious: It came up as a near neighbour on the work AI is not taking: you already monitor work processes to ensure standard compliance, and their equivalent is to monitor product quality to ensure compliance with standards and specifications. Across both published task lists that is about 7% of the durable work in that job.
Why I am not recommending it: Almost none of it is work you already do: about 7% of the durable side of that job. That is a different job, not a next step.
Science, engineering and production technicians n.e.c.
Why it looked obvious: It came up as a near neighbour on the work AI is not taking: you already ensure compliance with health and safety regulations, and their equivalent is to work in full compliance with health, safety, and environmental regulations. Across both published task lists that is about 5% of the durable work in that job.
Why I am not recommending it: Almost none of it is work you already do: about 5% of the durable side of that job. That is a different job, not a next step.
What I’d stop worrying about
A friend tells you what not to spend fear on. This is that list.
The headline number you read somewhere
The big “X% of jobs” figures are about the whole economy, not about you. The number that describes your job is on this page: 47% of its task weight, across 48 scored tasks. Every row behind it is printed above with the source. Check ours; ignore theirs.
“It’s too late for me to become something else”
You are not starting from zero, and the page shows why: conducting quality assurance checks to ensure product standards are met is work the software cannot do and you already do it. The move above is a repricing of what you know, not a new career. Nobody who has just left college has that.
“I should learn to code”
Almost certainly not. The value in your job is moving toward checking, deciding and answering for the output, not toward writing the software. A weekend of Python will not change your position; the error list from this week will.
The “obvious” next job everyone suggests
I checked the obvious moves and most of them did not survive. The reasons are printed with the routes above, including the pay and the gate. A move that fails on the numbers is worth knowing about so you can stop turning it over at night.
You are reading the United Kingdom figures
The United States splits this work across more than one official group, of which Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers is the closest. The pay and employment figures are not directly comparable, and we do not average them together.
Switch to the United States page →partial match
In US official statistics this job is counted as Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers. Pay and employment stay on this page’s own group; the task list and the scores do not cross over.
Your route through this
Where to go next, and what it costs
Free, and complete
The moves above cost nothing. These are the real services that go with them: public, government-funded, and free at the point of use. Nothing on this page is behind an email address or a payment.
In England:
A free hour with a government-funded careers adviser is worth more than another evening of reading. In England that's the National Careers Service.
Free, government-funded
In England:
National Careers Service - Find a course
Search what's actually running near you before you spend anything.
Free to search; individual courses vary
In England:
Free courses for jobs (Level 3 qualifications)
A free Level 3 qualification you already qualify for beats a paid course you don't need.
Free for eligible adults
In England:
Free, up to 16 weeks, and you get a job interview at the end. In England these are Skills Bootcamps - search what's running near you.
Free for eligible adults in England
In Scotland:
My World of Work (Skills Development Scotland)
In Scotland it's My World of Work, from Skills Development Scotland.
Free, publicly funded
In Wales:
In Wales it's Careers Wales.
Free, Welsh Government-funded
In Northern Ireland:
Careers Service Northern Ireland
In Northern Ireland it's the Careers Service on nidirect.
Free, Department for the Economy-funded
No Space for this job, but one for what is happening to it
Nothing Collab365 runs is built for planning / process / production technicians, and we are not going to point you at the nearest one and call it a fit.
There is one that is not about a job title at all. The AI Authority is about being the person who directs these tools at work rather than the person they get compared to. That is worth saying here, because 47% of the work on this page is already inside what they can do.
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The AI Authority is a general community about working with AI, not a course for planning / process / production technicians. You do not need it to act on anything here: the moves above cost nothing and stand on their own. The data on this page is the same either way.
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Questions people ask about this job
- Will AI replace Planning, process and production technicians?
- Not as a job, but it is already doing parts of the work. Across the 48 official task statements scored for Planning, process and production technicians (United Kingdom, SOC 3116), 47% of the importance-weighted core work is made of tasks today's AI could already do most of. The overall exposure score is 53 out of 100 (range 47–58, band: partial). That is a statement about tasks, not about headcount: this measures what AI could do, not whether any employer adopts it, whether the law allows it, or whether doing the routine parts faster creates more demand for the human parts. Figures are from release 2026-q4.1.
- Which tasks in “Planning, process and production technicians” can AI already do?
- The highest-scoring tasks in release 2026-q4.1 are: “Compile information on materials inventories and usage for status reports” (93/100, very high); “Distribute production schedules to relevant departments” (93/100, very high); “Calculate cost estimates for labour and materials” (93/100, very high). Each score comes from five published 0–4 ratings turned into a number by a published formula, and each carries the model's one-sentence reason on the page.
- Which tasks in “Planning, process and production technicians” stay human?
- About 34% of this job's task weight sits in work that scores low for AI exposure. The lowest-scoring tasks in release 2026-q4.1 are: “Carry out first line routine maintenance and testing of process and plant equipment” (0/100, minimal); “Maintain the work area according to safety and environmental standards” (0/100, minimal); “Challenge unsafe behaviours and conditions in the workplace to reinforce health & safety” (6/100, minimal). Low scores usually mean the task needs a body in a room, a legally accountable human, or trust built in real time. Those are the three things the scoring rubric treats as gates rather than obstacles.
- What should someone working in “Planning, process and production technicians” do about AI?
- Start from the ledger rather than the headline: 47% of this job's weighted core work is exposed, and roughly 34% is not. The practical move is to spend more of your week on the tasks that score low, the ones above, and to get fluent at directing AI through the tasks that score high, because those are the parts that change whether or not you are ready for them. This page does not predict your job, and nothing here is career advice tailored to you: the score describes the occupation, not the person.
- How is the AI exposure score for Planning, process and production technicians calculated?
- Each official task statement for the occupation is rated on five published 0–4 dimensions (output replicability, physical embodiment, licensed accountability, real-time human trust, and data availability) by claude-opus-5 using scoring prompt task_scoring_v1.0. The model never writes the score; a published formula turns the five ratings into a 0–100 number, so every score can be recomputed by hand. The occupation figure is the importance-weighted mean across 48 scored tasks. The prompt, the rubric, the formula and the full dataset are published at https://futureproof.collab365.com/method and https://futureproof.collab365.com/data/2026-q4.1 under CC BY 4.0.
Where these numbers come from
About the data on this page
- Provisional, because the ONS revises this figure in the autumn.
- This headcount comes from a survey, not a census, so treat it as a good estimate rather than an exact count.
- The match between this job and its counterpart in the other country is partial, so the two pages count slightly different groups of people.
- 22 of this occupation's scored task statements carry a score that was measured under a different occupation's context, because the statement is shared between jobs and has only been scored once so far. Each one names the occupation it was measured under in the free routes below; none is presented as a measurement for this job.
- Task clusters are not derived in this release, so the task-cluster field is empty and no Collab365 Space routing is attached to this occupation yet.
- Task statements
- gaisi-indexProcessing: catalogue-bridge → ssc-relatedness-weighting → task-scoring → score-aggregation
- Task weights
- gaisi-index (relatedness)
- Scores
- Rubric task_scoring_v1.0, model claude-opus-5, computed 2026-08-05.
- Pay and employment
- ashe-t14 (ASHE 2025 provisional (reference April 2025))nomis-aps (Apr 2025-Mar 2026 (latest APS 12-month period))
Figures on this page come from release 2026-q4.1, published 2026-08-05. Every release keeps its own permanent address, so a figure you cite in March is still there, unchanged, in November.
The plain-English wording on this page is assembled directly from the task statements and the published ratings, not written by hand for this occupation. That is why it is specific, and it is also why we say so.
The routes and free resources further up are today’s, not the release’s (last reviewed 2026-08-05). A route is an offer, not a historical fact, so it moves on its own clock.
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Collab365 (2026). Collab365 Futureproof: task-level AI exposure for US and UK occupations, release 2026-q4.1 (methodVersion 2.0.0, promptVersion task_scoring_v1.0). https://futureproof.collab365.com/data/2026-q4.1. Licensed CC BY 4.0. Built with O*NET data (USDOL/ETA, CC BY 4.0); ONS data (Open Government Licence v3.0); GAISI task framework (arXiv:2507.22748, MIT); BLS data (public domain).
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@misc{collab365futureproof2026q41,
title = {Collab365 Futureproof: task-level AI exposure for US and UK occupations, release 2026-q4.1},
author = {{Collab365}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://futureproof.collab365.com/data/2026-q4.1},
note = {Release 2026-q4.1, methodVersion 2.0.0, promptVersion task_scoring_v1.0, CC BY 4.0}
}Data as of release 2026-q4.1, published . Releases never change after publication; when the figures move, a new dated release is published beside this one and this one stays exactly where it is.